''Proserpine'' is an 1887 ''drame lyrique'' in four acts by

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

to a libretto by Louis Gallet after Auguste Vacquerie.

Roles

* Proserpine (soprano) * Angiola (soprano) * Sabatino (tenor) * Squarocca (baritone) * Renzo (basse) * Orlando (tenor) * Ercole (baritone) * Filippo (tenor) * Gil (tenor) * ''Une religieuse'' ‘a nun’ * ''Trois jeunes filles'' ‘three girls’ * ''Trois novices'' ‘three novices’ * ''Seigneurs, mendiants, religieuses, soldats'' ‘Lords, mendicants, nuns, soldiers’

Recordings

* Veronique Gens as Proserpine, Marie-Adeline Henry Angiola; Frédéric Antoun Sabatino; Andrew Foster-Williams Squarocca; Jean Teitgen Renzo; Mathias Vidal Orlando; Philippe-Nicolas Martin Ercole; Artavazd Sargsyan Filippo/Gil; Clémence Tilquin, a nun Munich Radio Orchestra Flanders radio choir Ulf Schirmer, Ediciones Singulares, sponsored Palazzetto Bru Zane 2016

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Operas Operas by Camille Saint-Saëns French-language operas 1887 operas Proserpina {{French-opera-stub